110,000 farmers to get smartphones

February 13, 2018 388

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MULTAN – The Punjab government will distribute smartphones among 110,000 farmers after they receive their interest-free agriculture loans to enable them get proper guidance swiftly on the palm of their hands, agriculture spokesman said in a statement on Monday.

Small farmers will benefit from this initiative in a big way as the smartphones would display agriculture related information to them within no time and would be helpful from sowing to harvest of crops, local weather updates, crop marketing.